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3 Stop & Shop locations in Boston, Reading receive bomb threats, police say
The threats were all placed within about fifteen minutes of each other, and police are investigating if the incidents are related.
Boston police are investigating after bomb threats were reported at multiple Stop & Shop grocery stores Monday, the department said.
At around 1:50 p.m., officers responded to a reported threat at the supermarket chain’s Jamaica Plain location at 301 Centre St., police said in an email to Boston.com. About six minutes later, more officers responded to a second threat at 305 Guest St., the store’s Allston location.
Bomb squads were requested and responded to both incidents, according to Officer Mark Marron. Though police didn’t find anything suspect at either location, both threats are actively being investigated, according to Boston police.
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Police in Reading responded to a similar threat that same day at a Stop & Shop located at 25 Walkers Brook Drive. The town’s police department issued an advisory at about 2:30 p.m. urging the community to avoid the area.
Later that afternoon, Reading police and fire officials explained that there was a bomb threat called in at about 1:45 p.m., prompting a response with assistance from the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad. Out of an abundance of caution, they evacuated the store, according to a joint press release.
By about 3:15 p.m., police and the bomb squad had completed a search of the supermarket and determined that the threat was not credible. Though the scene was later cleared, they are still investigating the incident, officials said.
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Police did not say if the three reported threats are related or were placed by the same caller, but law enforcement officials are continuing to investigate.
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